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Edge detect and straighten
Finds the receipt in your photo, fixes the angle, and crops out the café table, your wallet, or the desk it was sitting on.
Free · Private · No sign-up
A shoebox of receipts,
A shoebox of receipts,
out as one tidy PDF.
Drop in your crumpled, faded, photographed-at-a-weird-angle receipts. Get back a single straightened, contrast-boosted PDF, with totals labelled and ready to submit.
Clean my receipts →
runs in your browser ·
files never leave your device
files never leave your device
Your files never leave this device.
↑ tools (~10 MB) load the first time you add a receipt, then they're cached and offline-ready
— What makes it different
Most tools just staple your photos together.
Tidy Receipts actually cleans them up first, so what you submit looks deliberate, not desperate.
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Contrast rescue
Those grey-on-grey supermarket thermal receipts? Boosted until every line is readable, even the VAT number at the bottom.
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OCR the totals
Flip on OCR and the date, total, and vendor get pulled into a CSV alongside your PDF. Bookkeeping, minus the typing.
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Stays on your device
Every step runs in your browser via WebAssembly. There's no server to receive your receipts, so there's nothing to leak.
— Who keeps it in their back pocket
Built for people who'd rather not.
No. 01
Freelancers and contractors
One clean PDF per claim, instead of a folder of blurry phone photos at quarter-end.
No. 02
Expense submitters
Concur, Expensify, SAP. They all want a single PDF, and you're there in under a minute.
No. 03
Small business owners
Clean records for HMRC, your accountant, or VAT, without paying for a scanning app.
No. 04
Travellers
Land with a stack of receipts from three countries already bundled into one tidy file.
— From the blog
View all →Tidy Receipts now works offline (and installs like an app)
You can now install Tidy Receipts on your desktop or phone and use it with no internet connection. And because every library is now self-hosted, your browser makes zero third-party requests.
Read post →Your receipts now come out as a proper ledger
The PDF Tidy Receipts makes has been redesigned: a clean summary, a running total, and every receipt on its own labelled page.
Read post →— Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is Tidy Receipts really free?
Yes, completely free. No sign-up, no credit card, no premium tier. The tool runs in your browser and costs nothing to use.
Are my receipts secure and private?
Your receipt photos never leave your device. All processing (edge detection, image cleanup, OCR, and PDF creation) happens entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. We have no server that receives your files, so there is nothing to store, share, or breach.
What file formats can I upload?
JPEG, PNG, WebP, and HEIC (iPhone photos) are all supported. You can also upload existing PDF files and mix them with photos in the same batch.
How many receipts can I process at once?
There is no hard limit. In practice, batches of 5 to 20 receipts work smoothly. Very large batches (50+) may be slow on older devices, but all processing still happens locally.
Are digital PDF receipts valid for HMRC Self Assessment?
HMRC accepts digital records, including PDFs of receipts, for Self Assessment purposes. You are not required to keep paper originals if you have a clear, legible digital copy. See HMRC's guidance on keeping records for full details.
What is OCR and do I need it?
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) reads the text in your receipt photos and extracts key fields (date, total amount, and vendor name) into a CSV spreadsheet alongside your PDF. If you just need a clean PDF to attach to an expense report, you don't need OCR. If you want a spreadsheet of totals for bookkeeping or tax purposes, turn it on.
Does it work on mobile?
Yes. Tidy Receipts works in mobile browsers on iPhone and Android. You can photograph receipts directly and process them without installing an app. Processing time on mobile is typically 2 to 5 seconds per receipt.
What if the edge detection doesn't work on my receipt?
Edge detection works best when the receipt contrasts clearly with the background. If your receipt is white and your surface is also white, the auto-crop may not find the edges. In that case the tool falls back to full-frame with contrast enhancement only. A manual crop option is coming soon.